NOTE TO THE SECRETARY

Written:Written on June 2, 1920Published:First published in 1965 inCollected Works, Fifth Ed., Vol. 51.

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Pleaseinquire of all the members of the C.P.C. (and
Comrade Kamenev) by telephone:

whetherthey agree to include in the “constitution”
(confirmed yesterday) of the Narrow
Council[1]an
addendum that matters can also be submitted to the Narrow Councilon the proposal of the Chairman of the Council of People’s
Commissars.

Writeall their replies down on it.

Agree:Disagree:

[1]Leninis referring to the “Statute on the Commission of the
Council of People’s Commissars (the Narrow Council of People’s
Commissars)” =

endorsed by the Council of People’s Commissars on
June 1, 1920. Lenin’s addendum relates to the first four points
of the “Statute”, which state that “the purpose of the Narrow
Council of People’s Commissars is to work up questions which
have to be dealt with by the Council of People’s Commissars and
require preliminary treatment. The destination of business
reaching the Council of People’s Commissars is decided by theNarrow Council, except for budgetary business, which must be handled
by the Narrow Council, and matters coming before the Narrow
Council by decision of the Council of People’s Commissars”. =

(Collected Works, Fifth Ed., Vol. 51, p. 428.)

Thedocument bears the following names of C.P.C. members
in the secretary’s handwriting, who, on being questioned,
expressed their agreement with Lenin’s addendum: Vladimirsky,
Avanesov, Kursky, Kamenev, Semashko, Milyutin, Pokrovsky,
Nikolayev, Sereda, Krestinsky, Sklyansky.